Stigma and Synergy in the Pursuit of Racial Equality - Lecture on 24 April 2013
Date: Wednesday 24 April
Time: 5 pm - 6 pm
Venue: B302, Kedleston Road site, DE22 1GB
”What is the logic underpinning anti-racial discrimination law in the Equality Act 2010? Why did society decide that this characteristic should be protected but others not? How should the legislator respond to characteristics with which race intertwines, for example gender? How should the courts interpret such legislation?
In an attempt to answer these questions, this lecture by Dr Iyiola Solanke will consider the reliance upon data and social action to guide the pursuit of equality in general, as well as methods by which judicial decision makers can use social context to strengthen racial equality in society.
Dr Solanke is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Leeds and Visiting Professor at Wake Forest University Law School, USA. She lectures on European Union Law and Anti-Discrimination Law. She is an Academic Fellow of the Inner Temple and was previously a Jean Monnet Fellow at the University of Michigan Law School. She has published on judicial independence and diversity, intersectionality and race relations in Britain and Germany. Her monograph, The Evolution of Anti-Racial Discrimination Law in Britain and Germany, was published by Routledge in 2011 (paperback).
This talk is open to Staff and Students and organised by the Race Equality Group. For more information and to book contact Jasmin Bola on j.bola@derby.ac.uk or 01332 591270.
